CVE-2011-2975

Exp

Double free vulnerability in the msAddImageSymbol function in mapsymbol.c in MapServer before 6.0.1 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or have unspecified other impact via crafted mapfile data.

Published: 2011-08-01 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-2975 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.46%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2011-2975

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
36092 exploit_db edb 2011-08-30 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-2975

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-10 2.56% 2.46% -0.09%
2 2025-09-05 2.81% 2.56% -0.25%
3 2025-06-22 2.81%

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-2975

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-2975

OS Trackers for CVE-2011-2975

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2011-2975 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (mapserver), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2975
ubuntu low CVE-2011-2975 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mapserver), 5 status rows across 5 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, upstream): not-affected 3, ignored 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-2975

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-2975

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
osgeo mapserver <= 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.2.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.4.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.4.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.4.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.6.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.6.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.6.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.6.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.8.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.8.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.8.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.8.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.8.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.10.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.10.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.10.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.10.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.10.1 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.10.2 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.10.3 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.10.4 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 4.10.5 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:4.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.0.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.0.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.0.0:beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.2.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.2.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.2.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.2.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.4.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.4.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.4.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.4.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.4.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osgeo mapserver 5.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:mapserver:5.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
umn mapserver 4.10.7 cpe:2.3:a:umn:mapserver:4.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
umn mapserver 5.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:umn:mapserver:5.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
umn mapserver 5.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:umn:mapserver:5.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
umn mapserver 5.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:umn:mapserver:5.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
umn mapserver 5.6.5 cpe:2.3:a:umn:mapserver:5.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
umn mapserver 5.6.6 cpe:2.3:a:umn:mapserver:5.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
umn mapserver 5.6.7 cpe:2.3:a:umn:mapserver:5.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
umn mapserver 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:umn:mapserver:6.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
umn mapserver 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:umn:mapserver:6.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
umn mapserver 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:umn:mapserver:6.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
umn mapserver 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:umn:mapserver:6.0.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
umn mapserver 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:umn:mapserver:6.0.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*
umn mapserver 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:umn:mapserver:6.0.0:beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*
umn mapserver 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:umn:mapserver:6.0.0:beta7:*:*:*:*:*:*
umn mapserver 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:umn:mapserver:6.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
umn mapserver 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:umn:mapserver:6.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-2975

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